[EXHIBITIONS & FEATURES]
Institutional contexts, exhibitions and media features documenting the development of PixelArt’s contemporary visual practice.
SELECTED CONTEXTS
“PixelArt is the worthy heir of Invader.”
— Mosaïque Magazine, Special Edition featuring the 80 most influential contemporary mosaic artists, 2022.
Selected among the 80 most influential contemporary mosaic artists worldwide.
Featured in Mosaïque Magazine (France).
Described as “the worthy heir of Invader”.
Recognition of both urban interventions and studio practice.
Mosaic Art Now (2015)
Early International Recognition
Published by Mosaic Art Now, one of the leading international platforms dedicated to contemporary mosaic practice, the interview examined the emergence of PixelArt’s early urban mosaic interventions in Santiago and the development of a visual language positioned between digital culture, street art and material image construction.
HOMMAGE À FABIO RIETI
Developed in collaboration with French artist Fabio Rieti, the exhibition presented at Jour et Nuit Culture in Saint-Michel established a dialogue between two generations of mosaic-based urban image construction. Recognized for introducing mosaic interventions into Parisian public space during the 1960s, Rieti’s practice anticipated forms of pixelation decades before the emergence of digital culture and street art as contemporary categories.
FRANCE 24 FEATURE
During the Paris exhibition with Fabio Rieti, France 24 documented PixelArt’s process while producing a mosaic tribute installed near Place Saint-Michel. The feature focused on the relationship between digital technology, handcrafted construction systems and contemporary urban imagery.
RFI CULTURE FEATURE
Invited by Jordi Batallé to the cultural program El Invitado on RFI, PixelArt discussed the formative influence of Paris on his artistic development, the relationship between urban experience and image construction, and the conceptual foundations behind his collaboration with Fabio Rieti.
Latin Urban Art
Arte Al Límite · 2016
Published by Arte Al Límite in collaboration with the Coca-Cola Chile Foundation, Latin Urban Art documented leading contemporary urban practices across Latin America. Released only four years after PixelArt’s first public interventions, the publication marked one of the earliest institutional recognitions of his work within the region.
DROUOT DISTRICT 13 ART FAIR
Presented during the District 13 art fair at Drouot, the exhibition introduced PixelArt’s Autocensorship Systems through a large-scale erotic triptych investigating censorship, mediated desire and fragmented visibility through mosaic pixelation structures.
SERGE GAINSBOURG HOUSE
Created during PixelArt’s stay in Paris in 2018, the intervention consisted of a 120 × 120 cm mosaic installed near Serge Gainsbourg’s iconic residence — a site historically associated with graffiti, artistic occupation and collective urban memory.
MOSAÏQUE MAGAZINE
In its 2022 special publication dedicated to the eighty most influential mosaic artists internationally, Mosaïque Magazine highlighted PixelArt’s practice for its integration of digital technologies, algorithmic image construction and large-scale pixel-based mosaic systems.
Mosaïque Magazine
Six Years Chronicling the Evolution of Pixel-Based Mosaic Art
Published repeatedly between 2016 and 2022, Mosaïque Magazine followed the evolution of PixelArt’s practice through multiple editorials, interviews and critical essays. Rather than documenting isolated projects, the French publication progressively examined the development of PixelArt’s Pixel Remix language, positioning his work within contemporary mosaic, urban art and digital culture.
MURVI INTERNATIONAL MOSAIC EVENT
Invited as a special guest artist to the Murvi International Mosaic Event in Buenos Aires, PixelArt developed I Want to Believe, a 90 × 90 cm mosaic composed of 8,100 individual glass tesserae using Murvi’s 1 × 1 cm material system.
LE LAVOMATIC COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
Following the installation of a pixelated Mona Lisa intervention near the gallery’s surrounding structures, PixelArt was invited by curator and gallery founder Benoît Maître to participate in Le Lavomatic’s fifth anniversary collective exhibition in Paris.
ERBK GALLERY COLLABORATION
In 2021, PixelArt was invited to participate in the inauguration program of ERBK Gallery in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, joining a roster of contemporary urban artists working across post-digital image systems, street art and experimental visual practices.
Arte Al Límite
The Emergence of a Pixel-Based Artistic Language
Between 2013 and 2014, Arte Al Límite published four editorials documenting the earliest development of PixelArt’s artistic research. Produced within two years of the project’s inception, these features traced the formation of an investigation into digital perception, image systems and the translation of pixel-based imagery into physical space.
Expresionismo Digital
In 2016, PixelArt presented Expresionismo Digital, his first solo exhibition dedicated exclusively to abstract pixel-based works. Hosted at Espacio Radicales in Santiago’s Bellas Artes district, the exhibition introduced a body of research exploring perception, psychological states and digital structures beyond the pop-cultural imagery that had become associated with his early practice.
Retrospectiva
The First Convergence of Pixel-Based Research Systems
Presented in 2016, Retrospectiva brought together the principal bodies of work developed by PixelArt during the previous years, marking the first exhibition where his investigations into cultural fragmentation, abstraction and digital perception were exhibited as part of a single conceptual practice.
Systems in Transition
Expanding Pixel-Based Research Through Digital Fabrication
Presented in 2022 for the opening of Galería Veta E.C. in Santiago, this solo exhibition marked the introduction of digital plotting systems into PixelArt’s practice, expanding the relationship between handcrafted mosaics, algorithmic repetition and physical image construction.